SNOW is set to fall this weekend as Britons are braced for a bout of unsettled conditions with strong gales “frequently chopping and changing” the outlook, the Met Office has forecast.

Snow is likely to form over the hills on Saturday with the white stuff threatening to settle on lower ground on Sunday. Although the south of the country will avoid the brunt of inclement conditions today, on Sunday temperatures are set to plunge across the nation according to the latest Met Office forecast.

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Commenting on the conditions, Met Office meteorologist, Alex Deakin said: “The rain kind of in zones through Saturday morning across the far north of Scotland where it is also very windy with gales likely.

“And then it is blustery elsewhere with lots of showers for Northern Ireland southern Scotland and northern England some snow mixed in with those showers mostly over the hills.”

The weather expert advised those Britons “further south” would experience a “bright and breezy Saturday”.

Referring to his weather map, he said: “Whereas further north it is going to feel pretty chilly especially when the showers come along.

“There is still a bit of uncertainty about the process of this wet weather as it moves its way in through the course of Saturday night again there will be some gusty winds as it moves in too particular across the far south and the Chanel Islands and into northern France.”

As the west conditions move northwards there could be the chance for some more hill snow in North Wales, Mr Deakin said.